On Sun, 23 May 2004 20:15:12 GMT, Ted Bennett
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>> >I've found that many optical shops happily provide minor
>> >repairs and adjustments at no or little cost. Are your
>> >lenses really "glass"? To improve safety, sports glasses
>> >are usually done in polycarbonate.
>
>> Photogrey sunglasses are still glass. The OP didn't
>> specify if they were photogrey, but I suspect that may be
>> the case.
>
>Photochromic lenses are available in plastic as well as
>glass, and have been for some years now.
Technology marches on, I see. I've always preferred
polarizing sunglasses myself, so this development apparently
slipped by when I wasn't looking.
>It is becoming more difficult to find an optician who is
>willing to make glass lenses, particularly for "rimless"
>frames. Too much breakage.
Not a problem around here in the photogreys at least. I just
checked a couple of ads, and they're available either in
glass or plastic. Rimless frames may or may not be easy to
get. They were scarce in this market the last time I needed
to get a new pair of glasses. Even more so were frames with
a large lens area, which had become nearly nonexistent in
the mass-market optical stores locally at that time. When I
groused that all the frames had small lens areas compared to
my old pair, the opticians at three different stores said
that because small glasses were fashinable, large-lens ones
weren't being kept in stock. I think I shocked one of the
salesdroids when I said "I want glasses to see WITH, not to
be seen in. If you can't supply me with glasses that I find
useful, I'll go where I can get them." They seemed to think
that if they didn't have it, then it didn't exist or didn't
matter. Well, it mattered to me, and I found a place that
understood this.
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